Tuesday, 31 January 2012

For those of you that have never visited the Moxie Fab World Blog, then you're missing a treat. Cath constantly provides images and products to send your creative brain into overdrive, not only that there are competitions galore. I was lucky enough to meet Cath at CHA a few summers ago and she's as lovely in real life as she is on-line. Unfortunately she can't make it to CHA this week as she's got an injury which means she can't travel, so in true papercrafting spirit it's time to give a little back and a surprise blog hop has been organised for this lovely lady by Virginia.Here's hoping you're on the mend soon Cath.

Monday, 30 January 2012

No I haven't been out rambling, it's my latest PTI stamp that I've had out of it's wrapper. I told you I was on a mission to get all these new sets inked up. So today it's a quick a simple card, with a more masculine feel. It was inspired by challenges at:

Sunday, 29 January 2012

As far as I'm concerned you can't beat a little bit of Kraft!! How can that even be a colour, let alone one of my favourite colours!! Seeing as I stocked up when I went to the US in December I'm happily working my way through loads of it at the moment. But I'm sure I'll need more soon plus the matching buttons, oh and the ink!

So I've managed to use some more of my new PTI goodies today. First up is the coverplate quatrefoil die, although I've used it to emboss with rather than as a cutting die. How cool is that, I love anything that's versatile.

These next little beauties were made the other day when the Lovely Louise Welsh came round for tea. We're normally chatting so much that we don't have time for much crafting but we both made these baby cards, a complete lift from the very talented Melissa Bickford who designed the stamp set. Although we did lose the twine and stamped the washing line and added an extra layer of matting and layering. I made the girl ones and Louise made boy ones. But the following night I decided I needed boy ones too, so made myself a set.I'm popping them into the challenge at:Simon says stamp challenge - anything goesCrafty calendar challenge - new news

Supplies used

Card - kraft, raspberry fizz, ocean tides

Paper - bitty box basics

Ink - true black, raspberry fizz, ripe avocado

Stamps - hanging out, banner builder

Right I'm off to do some cleaning - the joys!!!Happy daysLove yaGingerxxx

Saturday, 28 January 2012

I'm having a complete guilt free crafting day and it's bliss. I've made a couple of cards and I'm working on a couple of projects that I can't share with you just yet. So this day of relaxation is fabulous but it does mean I'll have a busy day tomorrow, I might even go and do some house hunting!!

So here's what I've made today. I decided it was long overdue that my Speccies had been out, so I grabbed this cute Strawberry Kisses Stamp and inspired by the following challenges here's what I came up with:

This second card has more of a vintage feel. I've used some of the goodies that my gorgeous friend Dougie sent me for Christmas. She always sends me crafting presents that are so beautiful that I can barely stand to use them! I've been inspired by challenges at:

Friday, 27 January 2012

I bought this gorgeous set of SVGs from SVGcuts a couple of weeks ago and since then they've been on my "to make list". That list is soooooooooooooooooooo long but these looked so fabulous they jumped the line and me and Edna-May my eCraft machine had a great time making these gorgeous heart boxes. As always a big thank you to Mary & Leo at SVGcuts - you guys make electronic die cutting a doddle and a dream.

So here's my two boxes. As I'm not celebrating Valentine's this year I've used a PTI sentiment stamp to turn this set into a set of gift boxes for a house warming gift or even as a gift when I go visiting. I like to be a good house guest.

Yeah it's nearly the weekend, although I have a trade catalogue to proof read this weekend, so not too sure how much time I'll have to play with paper and glue but hopefully I'll get a card or two made.

Thursday, 26 January 2012

As part of my plan to be more organised and actually send birthday cards this year, I thought I'd get ahead and make some cards ready to send. So paired with my ongoing quest to use all of my new PTI stamps, sooner rather than later, I made these 4 cards. The scalloped border is actually the heart border die cut twice.I'm popping this card into the challenges over at:

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Today is the day for January Papertrey Ink blog hop and after my trip to America in December I'm still working through all my new PTI goodies!! I think it'll take me until my next visit to get through all of them but I am making a concious decision to get ink on at least some of my new stamps.

So the challenge this month is:

﻿﻿﻿This month, in honor of the New Year, we are challenging you to pick your favorite project from 2011 and share it with all of us. To take it a step further, you are challenged to create a second card that is inspired by the favorite project you select. Your new version of an old favorite could carry over the color scheme, the layout or the stamp sets. We look forward to seeing your best creations from 2011, as well as your first projects from 2012!

Here's one of my favourites that I managed to share on my blog last year:

I still like the layout of this card, so I've used some old/existing stamps but also integrated some new stamps into my new project and gone for a different but still bold colour theme.

Monday, 23 January 2012

It's not often you say that about Monday's is it! But I woke up at my sisters which means I got a snuggle from my niece Abi before leaving for work. Then on my way over to Preston I saw the Beluga plane coming into land at Broughton, it's amazing to think something so huge can actually fly, it just seems to hang in the air. Whenever I see it it makes me smile.

It was lovely to see Ann and Anne-Marie over at Preston and of course it would have been rude to leave without a little shopping. Sometimes I just love a kit where all I have to do is stick it all together, which is lovely when they're such pretty colours. I made 8 cards tonight.

So after Preston it was back to the office but not before seeing double rainbows and fighter jets. I told you it was a good day.Unfortunately my dinner plans were curtailed as poor Michelle has a poorly leg, so hoping she's sorted soon.But it did mean I got to play with paper and glue instead - every cloud :-)I hope your Monday has been as exciting as mine.

Sunday, 22 January 2012

What an amazing weekend. Friday night I baked. First I tried 2 recipes from my new Green & Blacks chocolate cook book (thank you Gwyneth), a crispy nutty thin chocolate brownie and chocolate muffins with chocolate frosting. Then back to a favourite, sweet mincemeat muffins. Success all round.

As some of the mincemeat muffins were for a gift I thought I'd better make a box to pop them in so using some files from www.svgcuts.com (big boutique boxes and my mom's attic) and a tag from Jen Allyson Celebrates image card and my eCraft machine I went from this

To this

To this

My 4 muffins suddenly look like a great gift thanks to some packaging.

Talking about packaging when you're off to meet one of your favourite 5 year olds (especially one that you haven't seen in far too long), you need the cutest box to pop some choccies in, so yet again your eCraft comes into its own, especially with some more files from www.svgcuts.com

I'm popping this into the challenge over at:The Crafty Pad - something for the boys

the gift definitely worked - look at his happy face and I was rewarded with cuddles galore :-)

So after crafting group, I went back to Gwyneths for a a gorgeous hot shell massage, a delicious indian take away and great italian red wine (thank you Robert), before leaving on Sunday morning to go to my sisters. I had a great day with my family. My cutie patootie niece is full of giggles and smiles and kept me entertained all day.

I'm back to work in the morning with a meeting in Preston then back to the office for a rest!! I hope you've all had a great weekend.

Thursday, 19 January 2012

Last year ended up being my year of change, with one thing and another but that's left me with 2012 being my year of adventure. I intend taking every opportunity that I can to experience everything I want to. I started off with a little prelude and spent Christmas skiing in France. Yes I flew off on my own. I can highly recommend it, as I had a fabulous time and met some wonderful new friends. I saw the New Year in Leeds with new friends and spent last weekend with friends I met last year, walking in Derbyshire.

So all invitations for adventures are welcome, so far I have planned:

a days bootcamp

a day with birds of prey

another weeks skiing

dancing weekends

off to watch the ballet

booked tickets to go to the theatre on my own

my sister's getting married

lots of crafting

So on that note here's some cards that I made tonight:

I've had a great night with Edna May my eCraft machine. The files are from the lovely and wonderfully talented Mary & Leo at www.SVGcuts.com . They make die cutting and projects toooooooooo easy. Thank you guys xxx.

I'd promise to update my blog more but adventures take up a lot of time!

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This is just a place where I share my Ginger adventures and a little bit of my creativity. I love paper, glue and rubberstamps and I'm a card designer, demonstrator, feature writer, scrapbooker, mini-book maker and papercraft enthusiast, plus I have a fantastic full time job! I also love food, 1940's swing dancing and of course my lovely family and my fabulous friends.